Put on your party hats – Dot and the gang are back with a brand new story! Dot is hugely excited about her birthday (although not half as excited as their teacher Mr Dickens is about HIS). There are present lists to write, invitations to make… But there’s a new...

In 2017 Mary Plain returned in style! You can read more about her journey – and mine – here. Four books were published (looking so smart and beautiful - Egmont really did us proud!), meringues were eaten, rosettes were worn. Mary made new friends (who did a...

Instead of banging on about what I did this year, I’m looking back to what we did. This was without doubt the absolute highlight, and has filled me with a toasty-warm feeling of pride and optimism ever since. In the weeks that followed the Grenfell Tower fire in...

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Out now in paperback - in sunset-orange foil and it is SHINY! [video width="720" height="720" m4v="http://claras.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_3606.m4v"][/video] Although people who know me might suspect that for my orange-y accents... I probably prefer Wotsits.